Daniel Minea

Daniel Adrian Minea (born 26 December 1961) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s.

Daniel Minea

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Adrian Minea
Date of birth	(1961-12-26) 26 December 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Călăraşi, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1983	Steaua București	42	(2)
1983–1988	Olt Scornicești	141	(7)
1989–1991	Steaua București	60	(8)
1991–1996	K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.	118	(10)
Total		361	(27)
International career
1981–1987	Romania U21	11	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Minea started his career with Steaua București, before moving to Olt Scornicești.^{[citation needed]} He returned to Steaua in 1989^{[citation needed]} and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by A.C. Milan.^[2][3] He was still at the club in 1990–91 when he played two games in that season's Cup Winners Cup,^[1] one of which was the 1st round, second leg match against Glentoran.^[4]

Minea played a total of 243 Divizia A matches for Steaua Bucharest and FC Olt, scoring 17 goals.^[1]

In 1991, he joined Belgian side K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring in 1996.^{[citation needed]} He made 118 league appearances for them scoring 10 goals.^[1]

His brother, Iulian, was also a professional footballer, they played together at Steaua București.^[5][6]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1988–89
• Cupa României: 1988–89
• European Cup runner-up: 1988–89